(Lighting Design) As a lighting designer, Mr. Wierzel has worked with artists from diverse disciplines and backgrounds in theatre, dance, opera and contemporary music, with companies throughout the country and abroad. His theatre work has been seen on and off Broadway, including Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar & Grill, starring Audra McDonald; the musical Fela! (Tony Award nomination); Dreams and Nightmares; and productions at PAC/NYC (Perelman Performing Arts Center); the NYSF/Public Theater; Roundabout Theatre Company; Signature Theatre Company; Playwrights Horizons; Mostly Mozart Festival; BAM; The Acting Company; and the Lincoln Center Festival/American Songbook Series. He has worked with the opera companies in Paris (Garnier); Versailles (Château de Versailles Spectacles); Tokyo; Toronto; Bergen & Kristiansand, Norway; Folk Opera, Sweden; Dutch National; Wexford Festival Opera; Glimmerglass Festival; Atlanta; Seattle; Boston Lyric; Minnesota; Philadelphia; San Francisco; Houston; Washington National; Chicago Lyric; Chicago Opera Theatre; NYCO; Montreal; Vancouver; Florida Grand; Portland; Colorado; Wolf Trap; San Diego; Virginia; Hawaii; and Gotham Chamber Opera. He has collaborated for decades with choreographer and director Bill T. Jones and the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company. In addition, his extensive regional theatre work includes productions at many companies throughout the United States. Robert is on the faculty of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Design for Stage & Film and is a Creative Partner at Spark Design Collaborative.